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now more from washington. tell us about this latest review. >> reporter: this review is supposed to look at intelligence failures in both the case of the underwear bomber and the fort hood shooter. the national intelligence director named former c.i.a. director john mclachlan to look at recent challenges facing the intelligence community. that is on top of a white house review, plus congressional hearings upcoming. some think that these reviews can be valuable. here is former national security official gordon jandro. >> they do need to move quickly. it's good to see reforms are being tut in place now. the reviews need to be concluded because additional reforms will probably be necessary. but we have to figure out what we want wrong and how do we stop it from happening again. >> reporter: he says congressional hearings can be useful if they don't turn into grand standing. >> republicans use their weekly address to criticize the white house on its response to terrorism. what's the gop saying? >> reporter: congre
now more from washington. tell us about this latest review. >> reporter: this review is supposed to look at intelligence failures in both the case of the underwear bomber and the fort hood shooter. the national intelligence director named former c.i.a. director john mclachlan to look at recent challenges facing the intelligence community. that is on top of a white house review, plus congressional hearings upcoming. some think that these reviews can be valuable. here is former national...
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this has been called washington, d.c.,'s uglies down. you will see on the top are forwards, faith faith, hope, charity and finally temperance which gives the foundation in. by the way, comes out, through the forwards, out of the bible from saint paul's letter to the corinthians. the found here was actually placed here in 1882 by a california dentist named henry cogswell. he had made his fortune in the gold rush and he was part of the whole assonance movement. he made enough money these statutes around the country on a handful of them survived, including here in washington, d.c., and also in new york city. if you look at the statue itself, it's loaded with symbolism here. both symbolizing water, so you see the two dolphins in the middle which are pretty ugly. water once came out of the mouse. this was an actual drinking fountain. there are two cranes on the top of the fountain. those are waterbirds. and it was actually, about 100 feet south of us now, there was a very, very bad neighborhood. so symbolically what they found said was the dr
this has been called washington, d.c.,'s uglies down. you will see on the top are forwards, faith faith, hope, charity and finally temperance which gives the foundation in. by the way, comes out, through the forwards, out of the bible from saint paul's letter to the corinthians. the found here was actually placed here in 1882 by a california dentist named henry cogswell. he had made his fortune in the gold rush and he was part of the whole assonance movement. he made enough money these statutes...
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here we're in washington. we want to do these programs and that is a trickier argument. >> what about the president. of course he started it in the very directly in the state of the union address wednesday night. he pick approximated up on it today. he scolded them as well. i mean it wasn't all hey, let's all work together. he took them on. using tough words. >> i think the president, david and i do disagree on whether it is left or right or big or small. i think it has to be showed that government works. and i thought his rebuttal response to congressman mike pences question about the unemployment, and he pointed out that there are 650,000 people laid off and lost their job in december 2008, 750,000 in january, another 650,000 in february, before his plan kicked in. and that economists now, and he has to make the case which i think has been very poorly made that government does and has made a difference whether it's in-- . >> lehrer: you mean the stimulus package. >> the stimulus package and his other initiat
here we're in washington. we want to do these programs and that is a trickier argument. >> what about the president. of course he started it in the very directly in the state of the union address wednesday night. he pick approximated up on it today. he scolded them as well. i mean it wasn't all hey, let's all work together. he took them on. using tough words. >> i think the president, david and i do disagree on whether it is left or right or big or small. i think it has to be showed...
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it's written by june kronhoss, a washington, d.c. base writer who previously worked for the "wall street journal" as a foreign correspondent, as the bureau's bureau chief in boston and deputy bureau chief in washington and as a journal reporter in washington where she covered education issues for a decade. the second paper will be by stacy childress, a lecturer in the general management unit at the harvard business school and co-founder of the public education leadership program at harvard. she study the aunt pra tra newer education in the united states and her paper is entitled "investing in improvement strategy and resource education in public school districts." the third up will be marty west. marty's an assistant professor at the harvard graduate school of education. he also serves as an executive editor of the journal "education next." as deputy director of the program on education policy and governance at harvard university. before joining the harvard faculty, marty taught at brown university, and was a research fellow at the b
it's written by june kronhoss, a washington, d.c. base writer who previously worked for the "wall street journal" as a foreign correspondent, as the bureau's bureau chief in boston and deputy bureau chief in washington and as a journal reporter in washington where she covered education issues for a decade. the second paper will be by stacy childress, a lecturer in the general management unit at the harvard business school and co-founder of the public education leadership program at...
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asia, china's rise to military prominence vexes the region as japan redefines its relationship with washington. and will the world's largest defense program the joint strike fighter stay on track for become the major effort to fall into a self-defeating effort of rising costs and slipping schedules. thanks for joining us in this week in defense news. i'm vago muradian. can you watch this on defense news tv.com. or e-mail me at defense news tv.com. have a great week.
asia, china's rise to military prominence vexes the region as japan redefines its relationship with washington. and will the world's largest defense program the joint strike fighter stay on track for become the major effort to fall into a self-defeating effort of rising costs and slipping schedules. thanks for joining us in this week in defense news. i'm vago muradian. can you watch this on defense news tv.com. or e-mail me at defense news tv.com. have a great week.
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"washington journal" live every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> fox news contributor is our guest this weekend. she is the columnist and author of four books. she will take your calls coming in mills, and tweets. >> there is less than a month left to enter c-span's 2010 student cam contest. the top prize is $5,000. created five minutes to eight minutes of video on one of our country's greatest strength or a challenge the country is facing. it must incorporate c-span programming. enter before midnight january 28. do not wait another minute. go to studentcam.org. >> in this segment, a political cartoonist talks about andros some of the most talked about political figures in the world -- talks about and draws some of the most talked about political figures in the world. >> please welcome cal calaher. [applause] >> this has been so much fun. i am really said to be here with you guys today. i want to talk to you about something that i find extraordinarily decelerating. that is faces. i have been watching you guys during the coffee
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not just here in the metro washington area, but all the way up the east coast into as you said, new york city, hartford, providence and boston airport. the doppler radar shows we don't have snow to worry about here but snow showers pick up north of philadelphia and light to moderate snow for new york city. that's the reason for the delays at newark and laguardia and up into portions of boston. temperatures around here in the mid 20s right now with wind chills in the single digits and low teens and it will stay very cold around here for at least the next 12 to 24 hours. a detailed check of your seven day coming up. >>> a sad discovery in rock creek late this morning. a driver on the parkway, noticed a car tire sticking out of the frozen creek. rescuers who tried to get to the driver were hampered by the frigid, icy waters. derrick ward is live in northwest d.c. for more on that story. >> reporter: craig, we're on 23rd street. if you look behind me you see traffic on rock creek parkway. that's south of the ramp from p street. on this side of the park subway rock creek and that's where they
not just here in the metro washington area, but all the way up the east coast into as you said, new york city, hartford, providence and boston airport. the doppler radar shows we don't have snow to worry about here but snow showers pick up north of philadelphia and light to moderate snow for new york city. that's the reason for the delays at newark and laguardia and up into portions of boston. temperatures around here in the mid 20s right now with wind chills in the single digits and low teens...
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until then, i'm gloria borger in washington. thank you for joining us. >>. ♪ there's something that i want to tell you ♪ >> larry: tonight, tyra banks, from top model. >> the reason why they paid me what they paid me was because i moved the product. >> larry: to media mogul. >> i finally figured out that my brand is beauty inside and out. >> larry: she dares to bear her real self to the world. >> yeah, it's kinky, exactly. >> larry: tyra banks shows and tells. >> i'm over my last name. >> larry: so what are you now? >> just tyra, just call me tyra. >> larry: next on "larry king live." >> larry: good evening, what a pleasure to welcome her back. tyra banks -- since this show she's become major. she appears here in january, 2007, look what's happened to her since. host of the tyra show. creator and executive producer of "america's top model" and recently launched an online magazine called "tyra beauty inside and out." >> larry: are you looking to be oprah, is that it? >> if i tried, i would fail. >> larry: you're approaching i
until then, i'm gloria borger in washington. thank you for joining us. >>. ♪ there's something that i want to tell you ♪ >> larry: tonight, tyra banks, from top model. >> the reason why they paid me what they paid me was because i moved the product. >> larry: to media mogul. >> i finally figured out that my brand is beauty inside and out. >> larry: she dares to bear her real self to the world. >> yeah, it's kinky, exactly. >> larry: tyra banks...
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inact, i think when he lks, it's great to be out of washington, be awayrom washington and allhat, i think he haso make the se that public service is important. thathe public mission, that the differee whether 90% of theids in this country go to public sols. -- schools. thats why our business, is the public's busess. i really thi that is it. it is a toh slog but that is what those do. >> h do you read ben bernanke's confirmation vote. only got0 votes and 30 against hi right, i have said on is program we interview people and sometim you interview sobody who tremendous impresses you. and person bernankis tremendous impressive. so i personally was happ he was reconfirmed. whwas it not unanimous. part of it, you know, has made mistake like anybody in this kind of circumstances but frankly a lot of it wa this wasn easy shot at wall street. and ere were several pulist moves, okay, i'm not going to usehat word. there re several words, several moves this wk. >> lehrer: they're availab on-line. >> by people whoant to take a st at wall street or who just want tappear popur and one of them was voting
inact, i think when he lks, it's great to be out of washington, be awayrom washington and allhat, i think he haso make the se that public service is important. thathe public mission, that the differee whether 90% of theids in this country go to public sols. -- schools. thats why our business, is the public's busess. i really thi that is it. it is a toh slog but that is what those do. >> h do you read ben bernanke's confirmation vote. only got0 votes and 30 against hi right, i have said on...
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i had covered in washington as a white house correspondent for the "washington post" and to understand how the fissile material, the passage in the chemicals not so widely spread. and in the process of the research, i got very lucky one day. i discovered the papers from the kremlin of the college the nebbish vitae. mr. could type with a professional staff member who passed away in 2001 boat doing my research i found he had left behind a large amount of documents from the time he served unessential member on the staff ready with on the defense department which was responsible for the entire industrial military complex. and mr. katayev was one of those fellows who lived by the power of his pencil and it's been. he filled dozens of large note works with notes every day of technical details, think that it happened in the kremlin, arms control, weapons decision. and what is so fascinating about this archive, which will be available publicly to everybody at the hoover institution is that you get an inside view of some of the most important renting points and decisions of soviet arms control,
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i know it's happening but the public schools in washington, d.c. spent twice, three times as much per pupil as some of the inner-city catholic schools with worse results, worse results. would anyone -- is their anyone here who would say i absolutely care when i get terribly sick i want to make sure i get into a government hospital. right? no. the truth is there are some nonprofit operations that worked fine. i, for 12 years, worked for public television for my sins. [laughter] i often said my 12 years with pps were three of the happiest weeks of my life. [laughter] anyone who believes pbs and npr are inherently superior because they are nonprofit, because they are dependent upon taxpayer support, anyone who believes the art that is created with taxpayer support, one of the insanities of the law, administration is i don't know if you have heard this yet but we have a deficit, $1.42 trillion this year. it is a nightmare and the obama administration provided a 20% increase in funding for the national endowment for the arts. try to imagine what kind of
i know it's happening but the public schools in washington, d.c. spent twice, three times as much per pupil as some of the inner-city catholic schools with worse results, worse results. would anyone -- is their anyone here who would say i absolutely care when i get terribly sick i want to make sure i get into a government hospital. right? no. the truth is there are some nonprofit operations that worked fine. i, for 12 years, worked for public television for my sins. [laughter] i often said my...
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washington d.c. is very fortunate to have disappeared this is very modern architecture and we almost didn't get it. they finally approved it and hence we have a spectacular ceiling here. so i was bring the audience for the temperance to her here into the museum to see this. it's usually kind of jaw-dropping. and the reason i brought you here into the smithsonian american art museum here today was to point out that abraham lincoln had a second and not your ball here in this building. at the very top lawyer, he was one of the largest public spaces in washington d.c. and that way they could get more than a thousand people into a room. at the ball itself, they charge $10 per person for an all-you-can-eat buffet, which is more like a thousand dollars compared to today. so a lot of money these people had spent in a virtual riot broke out once the audience was let into the room they basically stormed the tables and were grabbing oysters and hams and turkeys and so on. so this is washington high society 1965
washington d.c. is very fortunate to have disappeared this is very modern architecture and we almost didn't get it. they finally approved it and hence we have a spectacular ceiling here. so i was bring the audience for the temperance to her here into the museum to see this. it's usually kind of jaw-dropping. and the reason i brought you here into the smithsonian american art museum here today was to point out that abraham lincoln had a second and not your ball here in this building. at the very...
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one is the march on washington speech. i was watching it on television. i started out watching it while i was lying down. when it was over i was standing straight up. [laughter] it is something i did not witness, the second thing, something i heard and i read, which is he was sitting in his kitchen after terrorists-type attacks on his family and his talhome and monday was wondering if it was worth it and he felt he was going to give up. the scene was a naked light bulb hanging over his head, of their kitchen table, the profits sitting there, just him and god. he said that at that moment of deep despair and frustration and resignation, he heard the collective unconscious of its people speak, in the words of the negro spiritual, "sometimes i feel discouraged and think my works in vain, but then the holy spirit revives my soul against." and he got up and kept working. >> ok. whoever wants to answer, answer and do it as deeply as you can, please. this could go on a long time. regarding the statement, the constitution is god's dr. meand, where does micah hucka
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snakeheads, people they have smuggled, immigration lawyers, officials who determine immigration policy in washington. everybody sort around, through the whole, along the whole continuum. and the centerpiece that brings all these people together is the voice of the golden venture, which some of you as new yorkers i am sure our family with or have take memories of. after sister ping and ah kay cooperate on a number of ships, there was a ship that came to new york in 1993 called the golden venture. as it happened, the event another shipwreck of the so which was supposed to come to the u.s. it faded -- it made as far as canyon. these passengers many of them sister ping's passengers but also other snakehead passengers were stranded. they had planned on going to the united states. the voyage had taken longer. they were stuck. they didn't know what to do. one of the main characters in the book adopted the american name don chan. he was a passenger on this version. this guy, whatever you come down on the immigration debate, and we can discuss it and i'm sure we will, you have to appreciate what people like
snakeheads, people they have smuggled, immigration lawyers, officials who determine immigration policy in washington. everybody sort around, through the whole, along the whole continuum. and the centerpiece that brings all these people together is the voice of the golden venture, which some of you as new yorkers i am sure our family with or have take memories of. after sister ping and ah kay cooperate on a number of ships, there was a ship that came to new york in 1993 called the golden...
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"washington journal" is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> in the nation's capital and across the company, listen to c- span radio. it is also a free application for your iphone. c-span radio covers washington like no other. >> tonight, q&a with terry teachout.
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christine is with us in washington. your thoughts here. >> caller: hi, christine. well, actually, i have a cousin that was injected by a heroin user -- not a user but a dealer. and he was killed. and right now they are going through -- i mean, he is going to court. they are taking the dealer to court and they're holding him responsible. so i think that this is just wrong, period, because no matter what pamphlet you handout, they're still going to inject these kids and they're going to inject themselves and they're still going to have overdoses no matter what. >> eric, i'll let you tangle that one. and it's just because in the sense, when we heard it in the package, that there's no safe way to use heroin and it can be deadly. go ahead. >> that's correct, there is no safe way. but there are safer ways. and what this is is education. the problem in new york is both on the individual level with people, over 70% is heroin overdoses. there's a major spread of hiv and hepatitis as you said in the previous segment. to ignore that is denialism, like denying gravity exists.
christine is with us in washington. your thoughts here. >> caller: hi, christine. well, actually, i have a cousin that was injected by a heroin user -- not a user but a dealer. and he was killed. and right now they are going through -- i mean, he is going to court. they are taking the dealer to court and they're holding him responsible. so i think that this is just wrong, period, because no matter what pamphlet you handout, they're still going to inject these kids and they're going to...
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we get all convoluted in this. [ applause ] >> mike: another not so brilliant bill that came out of washington last year was the economic stimulus plan. that included tax cut for individuals making up to $75,000 a year. amounting to $35 a week the first year and $8 a week the second year. we wanted to find out how much $13 really is worth. we gave $13 to three members of our staff and we wanted them to see what could they get for that in new york city. ♪ ♪ >> are you selling tickets? >> i am. >> i want to go on a bus tour but i'm on a budget. can you help me? >> a budget. would you like to ride? >> yes, i would. >> i have $13. >> $13? >> yeah. >> no, sorry, you can't afford it. >> $49 is the cheapest you can get. biggest discount. >> do you think maybe i could stand in the road for $13? would that get me in? >> i don't think so. >> per week. >> that's all you have? >> yes. we're using the $13 that we are going to get on the stimulus plan every week. >> could i get a few blocks? >> a few blocks? >> i need $50 to see the show. >> that's half off, though. >> wow! i guess that is a discount, b
we get all convoluted in this. [ applause ] >> mike: another not so brilliant bill that came out of washington last year was the economic stimulus plan. that included tax cut for individuals making up to $75,000 a year. amounting to $35 a week the first year and $8 a week the second year. we wanted to find out how much $13 really is worth. we gave $13 to three members of our staff and we wanted them to see what could they get for that in new york city. ♪ ♪ >> are you selling...
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just get yourself to washington. when we come back, we're going to ask those four national security reporters to give us the straight scoop. has president obama shown enough of a command presence, meaning real control of the government bureaucracy in fighting this war? plus scoops and predictions from the notebooks of these top reporters. we'll be right back. chris: welcome back. the obama administration is ending its first year under huge pressure on the security front. some from past administrations are on record doubting this team has the right focus. here's former attorney general michael mukasey in "the wall street journal" this week. some in the executive branch are focused more on not sounding like their predecessors than in finding a neutralizing people who believe it is their religious duty to kill us. andrea, is the president successful so far in becoming a true chief executive and not a campaigner who's going on television and touring the country and doing interviews? >> i think in fact that he's made a ve
just get yourself to washington. when we come back, we're going to ask those four national security reporters to give us the straight scoop. has president obama shown enough of a command presence, meaning real control of the government bureaucracy in fighting this war? plus scoops and predictions from the notebooks of these top reporters. we'll be right back. chris: welcome back. the obama administration is ending its first year under huge pressure on the security front. some from past...
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from "washington journal," this is about 45 minutes. 00 in the evening. our guest for this final segment is a reporter for couple interest magazine. there's something called the credit card act of 2009. what was the purpose of this? guest: it was mainly to make this better for consumers. people are angry at the banks. they feel as if they have credit card rates going up, or what, that they were being treated really poorly, people were getting interest rate hikes one on top of another so they could not pay. a relatively small bad -- alice had escalated into an enormous balance and people were upset. host: this is a congressional legislation. was there a move by federal agencies that oversee credit cards? where the differences between the 12th? guest: the federal reserve board has to issue this. the federal reserve board explains how it will work. host: as far as the specifics, i will read some of them and you can add. there would be one that would ban on fair rate increases. what would happen on this? guest: if you get a new car, you have to get a rate las
from "washington journal," this is about 45 minutes. 00 in the evening. our guest for this final segment is a reporter for couple interest magazine. there's something called the credit card act of 2009. what was the purpose of this? guest: it was mainly to make this better for consumers. people are angry at the banks. they feel as if they have credit card rates going up, or what, that they were being treated really poorly, people were getting interest rate hikes one on top of another...
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in washington, jim angle. fox news. >> rick: well, you've probably swiped that credit card a bunch of times over the past several weeks with the holidays. now that the shopping season has come to an end, it's time to look at those bills that are probably coming in the mail and some of the bills could be pretty big. so with the new year, how do you manage to get out of debt and quickly? joining us now with some tips is the ceo of bartman enterprises and the former ceo of commercial financial services, that he cans thanks for coming in. this is something that affects a lot of people out there. these bills are coming and i imagine that there are some people out there who probably already had debts to begin with before the shopping season. what do they do? i know one of your tips is to stop paying all your bills? >> well, good afternoon and yes, that's one of my tips, it sounds unconventional, almost sounds unamerican to be telling people to not pay their bills, but honestly nthis time in this recession and this e
in washington, jim angle. fox news. >> rick: well, you've probably swiped that credit card a bunch of times over the past several weeks with the holidays. now that the shopping season has come to an end, it's time to look at those bills that are probably coming in the mail and some of the bills could be pretty big. so with the new year, how do you manage to get out of debt and quickly? joining us now with some tips is the ceo of bartman enterprises and the former ceo of commercial...
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but, it would that be only washington dc. i don't know what happened to the cia, all of these things. i am asking you to be a little patience with haiti, but having said so, i think ambassador noriega said something in his introduction that is fitting. haitians are very resilient i even see a silver lining in what happened on january 12th. on april 30th, 2004 i wrote a column for the now defunct new york sun, and i had one phrase there, a sentence, port-au-prince is a mammoth catastrophe waiting to happen. i made that comment because coming from the air in the american airlines, i was looking at the city, the that i had left 13 years earlier and i saw all of these match boxes over the hills. and, the mountain is the backdrop to port-au-prince mount hospital was disfigured, and i wrote to, unless something is done immediately, big chunks of this city will be gone into the caribbean sea. at the time i did not see an earthquake. haiti, being in the hurricane ali, i saw a major hurricane that would have wiped all of these flimsy
but, it would that be only washington dc. i don't know what happened to the cia, all of these things. i am asking you to be a little patience with haiti, but having said so, i think ambassador noriega said something in his introduction that is fitting. haitians are very resilient i even see a silver lining in what happened on january 12th. on april 30th, 2004 i wrote a column for the now defunct new york sun, and i had one phrase there, a sentence, port-au-prince is a mammoth catastrophe...
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. >>> they're keeping a close eye in washington on all of the christmas terror case developments and there are a number today. yesterday the white house aide said the intelligence community stepped up its efforts after the recent shooting spree at fort hood. but late today, new signs that something went wrong. major garrett continues our team coverage from the white house. what happened? >> reporter: here is the big development. late today the director of national intelligence, dennis blair, announced he was asking john mccadillac ran, was the director of the c.i.a. and president bush's acting director of the c.i.a. to gather a group of individuals in the intelligence community to look at what the intelligence community failed to do in reaction to fort hood on november 5, the massacre there, and the attempted christmas day bombing over the skies of detroit. in his announcement, blair said the following, he wanted this group of experts to undergo a careful examination of the secrets of -- convention of events ling up to both incidents, as well as proposals to remedy potential weak
. >>> they're keeping a close eye in washington on all of the christmas terror case developments and there are a number today. yesterday the white house aide said the intelligence community stepped up its efforts after the recent shooting spree at fort hood. but late today, new signs that something went wrong. major garrett continues our team coverage from the white house. what happened? >> reporter: here is the big development. late today the director of national...
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you can see the characters to play big roles here in washington. lieberman has made a kind of resurrection of late. this looks like it is made of silly putty. he is kind of moving through all of those muscles there. and then there are some people who do not want to go away. thank goodness. cartoonists were cheering when mccain nominated her. then we come to president barack obama. when a politician first comes into the public limelight, the characters are very close to the photographs. over time, the fish gets more exaggerated. last year at this time, when we had the election and post- election, this was barack obama. he looks like he is smiling all the time. in fact, during the campaign, i had made a three-d model of him. i was on a six-city tour with " second city," the improv group. it looked like to talk to the sky and he would talk back. it was very effective at the time. but when he got into office, things started to change. he became more sullen and serious. in dealing with iran, you can see the guy in the back. but here was, obama no longer
you can see the characters to play big roles here in washington. lieberman has made a kind of resurrection of late. this looks like it is made of silly putty. he is kind of moving through all of those muscles there. and then there are some people who do not want to go away. thank goodness. cartoonists were cheering when mccain nominated her. then we come to president barack obama. when a politician first comes into the public limelight, the characters are very close to the photographs. over...
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"washington times." late last week with a radically revamped their editorial stamp. they will be a newspaper that focuses on general news and politics, local, regional, and national economic issues. they are focusing on two sections. the main section here, and here they have their commentary, and expanded commentary section in "the washington times." leading with comments from new gingrich, pete ferraro, and john bolton, who wrote this morning open-" the critical -- this morning "as the president learned anything during his first year -- has the president learned anything during his first year? plo is not promising. too often, mr. obama seems either uninterested in the global threats we face, and persuaded that the current -- that they constitute dangers to the country." virginia, gary, your thoughts on ben bernanke and regulation on the part of the fed? caller: thank you very much, i really appreciate you taking my call. i had to use every gray sell that i had to try to understand ben bernanke last nigh
"washington times." late last week with a radically revamped their editorial stamp. they will be a newspaper that focuses on general news and politics, local, regional, and national economic issues. they are focusing on two sections. the main section here, and here they have their commentary, and expanded commentary section in "the washington times." leading with comments from new gingrich, pete ferraro, and john bolton, who wrote this morning open-" the critical --...
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at the american association of homes and services for the aging here in washington, d.c. since she started the institute 10 years ago, she's developed and directed a number of national programs, including the center for medicare education, the better jobs, better care national program, funded by the robert wood johnson foundation and atlantic philanthropy. she was a political appointee during the clinton administration, serving in the u.s. department of health and human services as deputy assistant secretary for disability, aging and long-term care policy. she also was assistant secretary for aging in 1997. she's been a senior researcher at the national center for health services research, and at project hope center for health healthy communities fares previously, as well as -- health affairs previously, as well as at georgetown university. to begin, let's welcome to the podium, steven kay. >> some people focus on specific federal programs, or they might focus on quality issues or work force issues or family care giving, and they also tend to focus on specific population,
at the american association of homes and services for the aging here in washington, d.c. since she started the institute 10 years ago, she's developed and directed a number of national programs, including the center for medicare education, the better jobs, better care national program, funded by the robert wood johnson foundation and atlantic philanthropy. she was a political appointee during the clinton administration, serving in the u.s. department of health and human services as deputy...
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. >> did you have any concerns about the phase for planning and what you had heard from washington at the time? >> i think i mentioned already, we were concerned that the planning for the aftermath was not as detailed or is comprehensive as we would have liked, and indeed, in a visit to the pentagon sometime in february, i took with me a list of things that we hoped the united states would take a hand in. it was a wide range of things. the question of security, the question of how we would deal with the immediate aftermath. above all else at the time, we were very anxious about the extent to which the iraqi people had been dependent on the oil for food program. i have or recollection of being told that 60% of the iraqi people depended for food on the united nations, and there was a clear anxiety that the moment we went in, the un operation stopped. and now we spent a lot of time preparing for the prospect of a humanitarian catastrophe, so that meant one of the reasons -- we got a ship in very quickly with grain, while we build the pipeline carrying water from kuwait towards basra. the
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washington post live weekend returns. the images from haiti are heart-breaking-- homes, hospitals, and schools destroyed; families searching for loved ones; parents trying to feed their children. but we can all do something. we can help the american red cross as it delivers the food, water, and medicine that can save lives. donate $10 by texting "haiti" to 9-0-9-9-9. visit redcross.org or call 1-800-red-cross. thanks for your help. >>> it is january you can feel the madness intensifying to the surprising cavs and this area is booming. and breaking down the area teams. >>> you know hoops in the area you grew up around here. virginia is doing it and we'll see about maryland. this is hard to beat. >> no question. and i think they have a chance to make the tournament, that will make it happy. i owe it. >> and a couple with the terps and to help themselves, they got cincinnati and wisconsin in the early season tournament and a lot to william and mary. it's not that bad. how do they shake it up. what do they do in conference pl
washington post live weekend returns. the images from haiti are heart-breaking-- homes, hospitals, and schools destroyed; families searching for loved ones; parents trying to feed their children. but we can all do something. we can help the american red cross as it delivers the food, water, and medicine that can save lives. donate $10 by texting "haiti" to 9-0-9-9-9. visit redcross.org or call 1-800-red-cross. thanks for your help. >>> it is january you can feel the madness...
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. >>> today, services will resume at the southeast washington church where someone opened fire on new year's eve. dozens of people were inside new life praise temple ministries on naylor road in southeast on friday night when the shots rang out. no one was seriously hurt. police are looking further gunman. >>> and expect 30-minute merit train delays starting tonight due to track maintenance. trains will be single tracking on the red line between mental center and grovener metro stations from 8:00 p.m. to midnight skpont blue line from armory and addison road from 9:30 p.m. to midnight. >>> those are a few of the headlines. we'll be back with chuck and the forecast. >>> meteorologist chuck belg bell is in the storm center. i don't think it's been this cold all winter. >> you are correct, eun. it's our coldest morning since march 4th of this year. it's been a long time since we've had a chill quite like this one outside. a live picture from our city camera shows a lot of ice alongside the banks of the potomac river. keep in mind, that ice is not thick enough to support any real amount o
. >>> today, services will resume at the southeast washington church where someone opened fire on new year's eve. dozens of people were inside new life praise temple ministries on naylor road in southeast on friday night when the shots rang out. no one was seriously hurt. police are looking further gunman. >>> and expect 30-minute merit train delays starting tonight due to track maintenance. trains will be single tracking on the red line between mental center and grovener...
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in washington at 90.1 132 it's also a free application for your iphone. c-span retial, covering washington like no other. >>> representatives from 20 countries met earlier to discuss security in him in. following their meeting, british foreign secretary david miller band, secretary of state hillary clinton and the indian and foreign minister held a joint news conference. the leaders talked about restoring economic stability to the country and working together to fight terrorism in the region. this is about 30 minutes. >> -- my colleague of the foreign minister of him and and my colleague and friend, secretary clinton of the united states. i want to first call thank the yemeni delegation who came to the conference headed by the pri minister but also including the deputy prime ministers for the defense and security and economic affairs as well as foreign minister kobe for traveling here. i just finished sharing a meter of some 20 countries and five international institutions about yemen and its challenges, about how its government is tackling the problems i
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cnn's samantha hayes has more from washington tonight. >> reporter: on the southern tip of the arabian peninsula where the red sea meets the indian ocean is yemen, where a strike just last month killed three al qaeda members suspected of targeting the u.s. embassy for attack. cnn learned a fourth was captured with his suicide vest on, according to a senior u.s. military official. now, the u.s. and british embassies have been closed because of continued threats in the area. >> there are indications al qaeda is planning to carry out an attack against target inside sanad, possibly our embassy. >> reporter: president barack obama in his weekly address tied al qaeda operatives in yemen to the attempted bombing of a northwest jet christmas day. the suspect, a 23-year-old nigerian, abdulmutallab, received training. a lack of coordination among u.s. government agencies failed to keep him off the plane. >> there is no smoking gun piece of intelligence out there that said he was a terrorist, going to carry out this attack against that aircraft. we had bits and pieces of information. >> reporter:
cnn's samantha hayes has more from washington tonight. >> reporter: on the southern tip of the arabian peninsula where the red sea meets the indian ocean is yemen, where a strike just last month killed three al qaeda members suspected of targeting the u.s. embassy for attack. cnn learned a fourth was captured with his suicide vest on, according to a senior u.s. military official. now, the u.s. and british embassies have been closed because of continued threats in the area. >> there...
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gorbachev comes to washington at camp david with president bush. begin discuss biological weapons sequelae and again. gorbachev talks about an exchange of visits and in july schevenoski khalsa stack together and says right now we have to respond other going to ask us about this again. baker presents more paperwork. none of us knew anything about this. it was all done in secret. fortunately katayev was taking notes all of these discussions and he preserved a lot of the papers and finally secretary baker and foreign minister schevenoski matt in august 1990, and i have schevenoski's talking points which katayev faultily preserve dennis files and schevenoski took out his talking points and said, we have no biological weapons. he proposed a confidence measure an exchange of visits, and this kind of cover-up which no gorbachev and schevenoski were part of continued through 1990 in exchange of visits was worked out. the exchange happened and the american and british experts who went on the first trip to moscow came home more suspicious than ever that ther
gorbachev comes to washington at camp david with president bush. begin discuss biological weapons sequelae and again. gorbachev talks about an exchange of visits and in july schevenoski khalsa stack together and says right now we have to respond other going to ask us about this again. baker presents more paperwork. none of us knew anything about this. it was all done in secret. fortunately katayev was taking notes all of these discussions and he preserved a lot of the papers and finally...
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on the "washington journal tomorrow morning they will discuss airline security. three militant anti-government protest in iran. you can call in with your questions about the federal reserve. a professor will discuss how and why the fed is -- the fed was created. this show is live every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. several live revested i about tomorrow on c-span. one animal speaks and the role of the military -- admiral speaks on the will of the military. we will be live from the national archives for a discussion of president nixon's meeting with elvis presley. the point of them sing together is the most requested fuddle from the archives. -- the photo of them meeting together is the most requested photo from the archives. >> this show is part of book tv this weekend. it is on c-span2. >> not president obama will talk about security issues regarding the attempted bombing attack on a flight headed to detroit. >> good morning. i called various leaders to the white house because the face a challenge. on christmas, al qaeda will stop at nothing in their efforts to kill
on the "washington journal tomorrow morning they will discuss airline security. three militant anti-government protest in iran. you can call in with your questions about the federal reserve. a professor will discuss how and why the fed is -- the fed was created. this show is live every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. several live revested i about tomorrow on c-span. one animal speaks and the role of the military -- admiral speaks on the will of the military. we will be live from the national...
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this took place at the peterson institute for international economics in washington. it's about an hour and 20 minutes. birdsall, the president for the center of global development. and we are absolutely delighted to host secretary of state hillary rodham clinton here at the center. we are eager to hear what she will say about the administration's ongoing effort to strengthen u.s. global development policy and programs. it is really great to see this crowd. this is the day of development. i am particularly pleased to have with me here today might to co-founders of the center -- my two co-founders of the center, the light just had the honor of introducing to the secretary. as many of you know, the center is all about improving the policies and practices of the rich world toward the world of the poor. in the rich world, no country matters more and has more on realize potential to make a difference than our own usa. and doing this well is certainly in our own interest. with my colleagues, i set up this argument last year in a book that i had the pleasure of giving to the
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josh powell is taking his two sons to washington state where they have relatives. family and friends helped them pack up their utah home today. powell's wife, susan, vanished december 7 after he says he ok his 2 and 4-year-old sons camping in the snowy mountains overnight. powell is a person of interest in the case but has not been named a suspect. >>> virginia governor tim kaine has met for the final time with the families of the victims at virginia tech. the governor called it more of the social meeting at the governor's mansion in richmond today. this meeting was part of a legal settlement in which the families agreed not to sue after the massacre april 16,2007 that killed 33 people, including the gunman. governor-elect bob mcdonald's chief of staff also attended today's gathering. >>> a virginia man is charged with stealing a jar full of donations meant for a family's funeral expenses but bill packard says it's all a big misunderstanding. he said he was trying to give the jar to the family. in fact, he said he was worried someone would steal the jar so he was t
josh powell is taking his two sons to washington state where they have relatives. family and friends helped them pack up their utah home today. powell's wife, susan, vanished december 7 after he says he ok his 2 and 4-year-old sons camping in the snowy mountains overnight. powell is a person of interest in the case but has not been named a suspect. >>> virginia governor tim kaine has met for the final time with the families of the victims at virginia tech. the governor called it more...
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in a press conference in washington, d.c. he said if anyone since adolf on a black man, the black man should kill the adult whether he is a four leggitt all were to leggitt bald. that's her to sing in public. i'm sure at that time and maybe you can put it in perspective. even today we don't get important african american leaders standing of saying things like that. yes, absolutely. one of malcolm's most important characteristics was the ability to speak truth to power and he's quick to be probably the most eloquent article critic of american democracy during the post war period. malcolm is also a bold enough to criticize president kennedy for not acting productively enough in birmingham alabama. what's interesting when we study malcolm x and look at his that malcolm really serves as a counterpart to king but in a way people usually don't think of. its counterpart to king has the good black man and malcolm is the bad nasty and high white black man. malcolm is a counterpart saying things king can't say very boldly in a very con
in a press conference in washington, d.c. he said if anyone since adolf on a black man, the black man should kill the adult whether he is a four leggitt all were to leggitt bald. that's her to sing in public. i'm sure at that time and maybe you can put it in perspective. even today we don't get important african american leaders standing of saying things like that. yes, absolutely. one of malcolm's most important characteristics was the ability to speak truth to power and he's quick to be...
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that is one of the discussions going on today here in washington. if you look at the bill carefully, the foundation of comprehensive and longer-term service support in this bill. when you look at things like creating an office for the center of innovation. if you look at the proposals, if you did get the ideas around improving home businesses that the state level taken as a whole, long term services starts with what is in this bill. the stars of health care reform. if one really cares about things like improving quality, creating more care, creating a quality of life and not as tough agenda, and the really important decisions like and in the cost curve -- it is for those who use the system. it is for those most in need for those opportunities. we think that today's issue and the comments that will be made by i by our officers will really be here today. thank you very much. [applause] >> as bruce mentioned, several authors are also with us today who will not be presenting. it is only because we cannot have a news briefing that was three or four days
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caroline shively has been looking into that from washington. i understand the cia plays a big role in the unmanned drone program. tell us about that. >> sure, gregg. chapman is reportedly where a lot of the manage for unmanned drone strikes are originated, not the execution, not the launch, that's done elsewhere, but the guys at chapman help figure out how to target in afghanistan and across the border in pakistan. now, this attack on chapman proves how dangerous a mission it is for cia agents there, but it's also incredibly complicated. many analysts say the cia is basically orchestrating the war in pakistan, something the pakistani government denies and that the cia wasn't talk about. also important, there was another drone missile strike just today in the waziristan region of pakistan along the afghan border, it killed three suspected militants in a car. it's a second strike there in just two days, gregg. >> caroline, how is the cia's mission different from that of the military? >> well, there's definitely some overlap. cia agents aren't jus
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george washington bridge, gwb in upper manhattan. cold night in new york city and much of the northeast. even in the midwest there. jacqui jeras says we're expecting a nor'easter tomorrow and travel, travel delays in the northeast corridor is get ready on your way back home from the holidays. >>> meantime a smoky smell in the cockpit forced a delta flight to turn around and head back to boston this morning. delta flight 1379 had been in the air about 8 minutes bound for new york city when the pilot decided to turn back. the odor had dissipated by the time the plane and its 34 passengers returned to the gate at logan international airport. now, delta says its pilot was acting out of an abundance of safety. better safe than sorry. >>> american airlines is under the faa's microscope after the carrier racked up three botched landings in less than two weeks. you're looking at video of the worse of the incidents when the jet overran a runway in jamaica injuring 91 passengers. that came just a few days after a plane slid off the side of a n
george washington bridge, gwb in upper manhattan. cold night in new york city and much of the northeast. even in the midwest there. jacqui jeras says we're expecting a nor'easter tomorrow and travel, travel delays in the northeast corridor is get ready on your way back home from the holidays. >>> meantime a smoky smell in the cockpit forced a delta flight to turn around and head back to boston this morning. delta flight 1379 had been in the air about 8 minutes bound for new york city...
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the significant thing is that washington is taking yemen seriously, and hasn't necessarily in the past. and if we get out ahead of this, we can counter it much more effectively than being in a reactive mode. >> edmond hall, gregory johnson, thanks to both of you. >>> he was on a mission to save a fallen comrade during a gun battle in afghanistan, and was wounded himself. hospital core man anthony amin is a cnn hero. statue of liberty? the grand canyon? it's all possible with a hoveround. tom: hi i'm tom kruse, inventor and founder of hoveround. when we say you're free to see the world, we mean it. call today and get a free hoveround information kit that includes a video and full color brochure. dennis celorie: "it's by far the best chair i've ever owned." and if you qualify, get it for little or no money. jim plunkitt: "no cost. absolutely no cost to me." breaking news...when you call today, we'll include a free hoveround collapsible grabber with the purchase of your power chair. it reaches, it grabs, it's collapsible and it's portable. it goes wherever you go. get it free while suppli
the significant thing is that washington is taking yemen seriously, and hasn't necessarily in the past. and if we get out ahead of this, we can counter it much more effectively than being in a reactive mode. >> edmond hall, gregory johnson, thanks to both of you. >>> he was on a mission to save a fallen comrade during a gun battle in afghanistan, and was wounded himself. hospital core man anthony amin is a cnn hero. statue of liberty? the grand canyon? it's all possible with a...
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at 7:00 eastern, it's washington. top thicks morning include budget shortfalls in several states and the political outlook in the light of the 2010 elections. after "washington journal" this morning, on "news makers," i.r.s. commissioner douglas shulman on how his organization is planning for the tax season and future changes for tax preparers. >> a discussion now on the chemical herbicide agent orange. it was useded in massive quantities by the u.s. military in vietnam, where that government is now demanding compensation for damages. it's also believed to have caused serious medical conditions in thousands of american soldiers who served in vietnam. the new america foundation and washington monthly magazine hosted this event. it's about an hour and a half. >> thanks for coming. we're here today to discuss a special report just released in the current issue of the washington monthly called the agent orange boomer rang, which you can read at washingtonmonthly.com. i just to want thank new america, thank the staff of th
at 7:00 eastern, it's washington. top thicks morning include budget shortfalls in several states and the political outlook in the light of the 2010 elections. after "washington journal" this morning, on "news makers," i.r.s. commissioner douglas shulman on how his organization is planning for the tax season and future changes for tax preparers. >> a discussion now on the chemical herbicide agent orange. it was useded in massive quantities by the u.s. military in...
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joining me now from washington, d.c. is tom blank, former head of tsa policy. good to see you, good morning. we've had a series of debates ever since christmas day about how effective or ineffective patdowns are and these screening machines are 73 let's start with the patdowns, do you think they have a place in aviation security? >> they certainly have a place in aviation security. we don't want to eliminate any tools when we're dealing with people like the christmas day terrorist. >> certainly in the short-term, since so few places have access to the more sophisticated screening machines? >> i think what we've got to do is figure out a way to expedite the deployment of the x-ray, and technologies. this is what's going to help us find explosive material, organic material at the checkpoint. that's what the patdown is designed to do. but we shouldn't be relying on that when we have technology that can do a much, much better job for us. >> you know, i've heard a lot of conflicting information about that. we just had someone on in the last hour about exactly how ef
joining me now from washington, d.c. is tom blank, former head of tsa policy. good to see you, good morning. we've had a series of debates ever since christmas day about how effective or ineffective patdowns are and these screening machines are 73 let's start with the patdowns, do you think they have a place in aviation security? >> they certainly have a place in aviation security. we don't want to eliminate any tools when we're dealing with people like the christmas day terrorist....
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they don't think washington hears what they're saying. and they clearly don't believe the president and ms. pelosi and senator reid are hearing what they're saying. they're saying enough is enough is enough. and so they sent a message washington should listen. >> is that message, put the republicans back in power? >> at this point i think what they want to do is they want the job-killing agenda here in washington to stop. listen, they're not enamored with us except that right now they're ready to take a chance on us because they've seen what the other team can produce. >> yesterday on n.p.r. you said that you would favor bipartisan legislation as long as it leans in your direction, the balance leans in your direction. do you think that it's the responsibility of the majority, the only way they can get bipartisan votes is to have legislation that leans in the minority's direction? >> you have to remember that there are 59 democrats in the senate and 41 republicans. in the house the democrats, majority, is 40 seats larger than the minority.
they don't think washington hears what they're saying. and they clearly don't believe the president and ms. pelosi and senator reid are hearing what they're saying. they're saying enough is enough is enough. and so they sent a message washington should listen. >> is that message, put the republicans back in power? >> at this point i think what they want to do is they want the job-killing agenda here in washington to stop. listen, they're not enamored with us except that right now...
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the significant thing is that washington is taking yemen seriously, and hasn't necessarily in the past. and if we get out ahead of this, we can counter it much more effectively than being in a reactive mode. >> edmond hull, gregory johnson, thanks to both of you. >>> he was on a mission to save a fallen comrade during a gun battle in afghanistan, and was wounded himself. hospital corpsman anthony amin is a cnn hero, and you will see why next right here on cnn. i can breathe through my nose immediately. afrin has made me happy. is that a silly statement? (announcer) afrin. why suffer? [ thunder and cracks of lightning ] but now there's align with bifantis. align helps to restore natural digestive balance for a healthy digestive system. discover digestive peace or get your money back. try align. >>> in 2008 hospital corpsman anthony amin and his unit were fighting an ambush by the taliban in southern afghanistan. he rushed into fire to save a wounded marine, but was wounded himself. >> reporter: the last two weeks i noticed a big change in my abilities, what i can and can't do, as far as
the significant thing is that washington is taking yemen seriously, and hasn't necessarily in the past. and if we get out ahead of this, we can counter it much more effectively than being in a reactive mode. >> edmond hull, gregory johnson, thanks to both of you. >>> he was on a mission to save a fallen comrade during a gun battle in afghanistan, and was wounded himself. hospital corpsman anthony amin is a cnn hero, and you will see why next right here on cnn. i can breathe...
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expect next tuesday the president gets back to washington, he's going into the white house situationroom calling in the top officials, calling some of this em under the carpet. >> we saw when the president came out, at least the second time, i thought, flash of some anger, at least some reallying put out by what he was learning. this seems to me so say that this was a pretty serious breach, there is something sort of more obvious than what we've been led to believe so far. what kind of hints are you getting from those that are out there and those you're talking to back here about the seriousness of what went on? it was really a serious overlook here or something that we're able to look at and say i can see how they missed this? >> reporter: they're suggest it's deadly serious and as you heard the president himself say a couple of days ago, if not for some luck, frankly, there could have been up to close to 300 people killed christmas day. they get this is a serious breach of security. a lot of these things should have been fixed after 9/11 because of the 9/11 commission report. all of th
expect next tuesday the president gets back to washington, he's going into the white house situationroom calling in the top officials, calling some of this em under the carpet. >> we saw when the president came out, at least the second time, i thought, flash of some anger, at least some reallying put out by what he was learning. this seems to me so say that this was a pretty serious breach, there is something sort of more obvious than what we've been led to believe so far. what kind of...
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i read "the washington post" and "the wall street journal." i can figure out which one is pulling my leg. i think you all need to do that, too. we have not given up any sovereignty with our agreement with interpol. we have gone to the point where we areç alienated, where our first judgment is to doubt rather than have confidence. we need to turn that around and we need to model confidence so we can develop confidence so our first thought is that they're going to do something right. basically what the federal government, their interaction with us, is your bill plea until you could prove yourself innocent. i'm talking about as to interact with a bureaucracy. will assume you're doing their right so you have to prove you were doing it wrong. that is not where we are today in terms of how the american public deals with the bureaucracy. i am not worried about that. i might be wrong. income thomas wrote in a couple of months. somebody on the side. -- i mighyou can write me in a e of months. >> i want to thank you for being a co-sponsor of the fair
i read "the washington post" and "the wall street journal." i can figure out which one is pulling my leg. i think you all need to do that, too. we have not given up any sovereignty with our agreement with interpol. we have gone to the point where we areç alienated, where our first judgment is to doubt rather than have confidence. we need to turn that around and we need to model confidence so we can develop confidence so our first thought is that they're going to do...
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we'll be back tomorrow 7:00 eastern for washington journal. tomorrow, we'll talk with a guest from penn state university. flynt leverett. and charlie cook, stu rothenberg. enjoy your saturday and we'll see you here tomorrow. . . >> we talked to the head of the nonprofit agency that manages internet names and addresses. then a forum by "the economist" magazine. the economy and the environment. >> today on "america and the courts," an interview with supreme court clerk william suter at 7:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> fox news contributor michelle malkin is our guest this weekend on "in department." take your calls, emails and tweets, three hours on sunday live at noon eastern on book tv. >> this week on "the communicators," a discussion about the internet with rod beck strom -- beckstrom. >> this week, we are pleased to have the president and c.e.o. of icam. start by explaining what ican. assigned names and numbers and four things that that we do, we set the global policies for 200 million internet domain names. all names have to be unique.
we'll be back tomorrow 7:00 eastern for washington journal. tomorrow, we'll talk with a guest from penn state university. flynt leverett. and charlie cook, stu rothenberg. enjoy your saturday and we'll see you here tomorrow. . . >> we talked to the head of the nonprofit agency that manages internet names and addresses. then a forum by "the economist" magazine. the economy and the environment. >> today on "america and the courts," an interview with supreme court...
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for some perspective now i'm joined by "washington post" national security reporter joby warrick. happy new year. >> you, too. >> what's your take on how significant it is that the president is saying now that there's an al qaeda link near? >> it's an important clarity. we knew this guy. he could have been lone actor, maybe he was inspired by al qaeda. now we know for a fact that he was al qaeda. al qaeda trained, equipped. now that we know that, it gives us something to work with, and it couldn't be more clear. i think it's becoming clearer by the day exactly how this worked out. >> the president also said that it's a priority for him to strengthen the u.s. partnership with the yemeni government. but is that easier said than done, given the fact that, for starters, there's two civil wars going on in that country? >> yes. we've had a rocky history with yemen. they've been on our side, at least nominally. but we've had some difficult times getting them to do things that we want them to do. this is a country that needs resources and we really need them. so it's important to somehow
for some perspective now i'm joined by "washington post" national security reporter joby warrick. happy new year. >> you, too. >> what's your take on how significant it is that the president is saying now that there's an al qaeda link near? >> it's an important clarity. we knew this guy. he could have been lone actor, maybe he was inspired by al qaeda. now we know for a fact that he was al qaeda. al qaeda trained, equipped. now that we know that, it gives us...
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there is the gwb, the george washington bridge. beautiful night but very cold. flags are at half-staff here. i'm going to tell you why because percy sutton was one of the nation's most prominent african-american political and business leaders during the civil rights era. new york city mayor michael bloomberg paused to remember him during his inauguration speech just yesterday. take a listen. >> as we look at our flags still flying at half-staff, let us join in honoring and thanking a true civil rights pioneer and a legendary public servant and a great new yorker, percy sutton. [ applause ] >> well, sutton, a civil rights activist, a lawyer and once the highest ranking black elected official in new york city died the day after christmas. he was 89 years old. his memorial service is wednesday at riverside church in manhattan. the president also releasing a statement about percy sutton, mourning his death as well. >>> new year's eve may have been the last hoorah for an iconic new york city restaurant. everyone heard of tavern on the green. it has gone dark. i was s
there is the gwb, the george washington bridge. beautiful night but very cold. flags are at half-staff here. i'm going to tell you why because percy sutton was one of the nation's most prominent african-american political and business leaders during the civil rights era. new york city mayor michael bloomberg paused to remember him during his inauguration speech just yesterday. take a listen. >> as we look at our flags still flying at half-staff, let us join in honoring and thanking a true...
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in 1963 there's the march on washington, he doesn't go. robinson didn't like cliques. he thought, unwisely, that maybe all of the so-called hip people were going to go to the march on washington. i think if he had it all to do over again, he would have went. but he didn't. he wasn't actively involved in civil rights. he thought hi civil right -- his civil rights took place in the middle of the ring. he did, he did campaign for senator robert f. kennedy. of course; he was assassinated, and that broke his heart. >> host: did the kennedy campaign seek sugar ray out? or was it something that he volunteered for? >> guest: he volunteered. >> host: were they proud to have him as part of the campaign? >> guest: oh, yes. yes, he did. >> host: you know, it's interesting, this is something that occurred to me as we're speaking, if i knew nothing about boxing but just had a basic knowledge of american history and i was reading a biography of jack johnson, i would think to myself, this will not end well. he is challenging power at a time when white supremacy was beyond violent. thi
in 1963 there's the march on washington, he doesn't go. robinson didn't like cliques. he thought, unwisely, that maybe all of the so-called hip people were going to go to the march on washington. i think if he had it all to do over again, he would have went. but he didn't. he wasn't actively involved in civil rights. he thought hi civil right -- his civil rights took place in the middle of the ring. he did, he did campaign for senator robert f. kennedy. of course; he was assassinated, and that...
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at a press conference in washington, d.c. he said if anyone sets a dog on a black man the black man should kill the dog whether he is a four-legged dog or two-legged dog. that is hard to say in public, i'm sure, at that time. just maybe kind of put that in perspective. even today we adopted an important african american leader standing up saying things like that. >> guest: absolutely. one of malcolm's most important characteristics was the ability to speak truth to power, and he is really going to be probably the most eloquent radical critic of american democracy during the postwar postwar period. malcolm also is bold enough to criticize president kennedy for not acting proactively enough in birmingham, alabama. what is interesting when we study malcom x and look at him is that malcolm really serves as a counterpart to king, but in a way that people usually don't think of it. they think of him as a counterpart to king as the good black man, and malcolm is the bad, nasty, anti-white black man. no, malcolm is the counterpart sa
at a press conference in washington, d.c. he said if anyone sets a dog on a black man the black man should kill the dog whether he is a four-legged dog or two-legged dog. that is hard to say in public, i'm sure, at that time. just maybe kind of put that in perspective. even today we adopted an important african american leader standing up saying things like that. >> guest: absolutely. one of malcolm's most important characteristics was the ability to speak truth to power, and he is really...